Legal Opinion

United States v. Patrick Ziska

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 10, 2015No. 14-3147UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Patrick Ziska pled guilty to knowingly distributing images of child pornography through peer-to-peer software on his computer. On appeal, Ziska brings a procedural challenge to the district court’s application of USSG § 2G2.2’s two-level enhancement for use of a computer and five-level enhancement for the distribution of child pornography in exchange for the receipt of something of value. Zis-ka also brings a substantive challenge to his sentence, arguing that the district court failed to fully consider his diagnosis of Asperger’s disorder.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

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